Watsopano paulendo wopita ku minda yamafuta ku Canada ku Alberta, woimba wotchuka Neil Young analankhula izi pamsonkhano ku Washington, DC Lolemba motsutsana ndi kutulutsa mafuta komwe kumakangana komanso kutumiza kunja kudzera papaipi ya Keystone XL, kutcha Fort McMurray, tawuni yomwe ili pafupi ndi mchenga wa phula wa Alberta, "chipululu."
"Ili ndi tsoka lalikulu," adatero Young, akujambula chithunzi chowopsa chomwe anthu, nthaka ndi nyama za m'derali zikuvutika kwambiri.
"Mafuta ali paliponse - utsi paliponse - umamva fungo mukafika kutawuni," Young anakumbukira. "Malo apafupi kwambiri ndi Fort McMurray omwe akugwira ntchito ya mchenga wa phula ndi 25 kapena 30 mailosi kunja kwa tawuni ndipo mukhoza kulawa. mukafika ku Fort McMurray. Anthu akudwala. Anthu akufa ndi khansa chifukwa cha izi. Anthu a Mitundu Yoyamba kumtunda uko akuwopsezedwa ndi izi. "
"Eya idzaika anthu ambiri kuti agwire ntchito," Young adatero ponena za payipi ya Keystone XL yomwe ikufunidwa, yomwe ikuyenera kunyamula mchenga wa phula wofukulidwa kupita nawo kumalo otumizira kunja ku Texas ndi Louisiana. Ndawonapo anthu ambiri omwe amakumba dzenje lakuya kwambiri kotero kuti sakanatha kutulukamo, ndipo imeneyonso ndi ntchito, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndi ntchito zomwe tikukamba kumeneko ndi pipeline ya Keystone, "adatero. .
"Zowona ndizakuti, Fort McMurray akuwoneka ngati Hiroshima," adatero Young. "Fort McMurray ndi malo opanda kanthu. … Anthu onse a Mitundu Yoyamba kumtunda uko akuwopsezedwa ndi izi. Chakudya chawo chikuwonongeka. Mapangano awo si abwino. Iwo ali ndi ufulu wokhala pa malo omwe ankakhala nthawi zonse koma palibe malo omwe angakhalepo. Nyama zonse zikufa. Ili ndi tsoka lalikulu.”
"Neil Young akulankhula m'malo mwa tonsefe omwe tikulimbana kuti tiyimitse Keystone XL," Jane Kleeb, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Bold Nebraska, mgwirizano wa eni minda ndi ena otsutsana ndi payipi ya $ 5.3 biliyoni ya Keystone XL, anauza a Globe ndi Mail. "Mukawona kuipitsidwa komwe kwachitika kale chifukwa chakukula mosasamala kwa mchenga wa phula, mumangokhala ndi chisankho chimodzi ndipo ndicho kuchitapo kanthu."
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